I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him. ✨ Martin Luther King's Acceptance Speech, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1964.
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I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him. ✨ Martin Luther King's Acceptance Speech, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1964.

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